$250*

$200*

$75*

$250*

Speedy sprinter Rain Affair will have his third straight crack at the Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m) during the 2014 Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.

Rain Affair will be one of several horses Joseph Pride hopes can perform well at Group 1 level during the 2014 Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Photo by: Steve Hart

Rain Affair finished a narrow second behind Master Of Design in the 2012 T.J. Smith Stakes and finished fourth behind equine superstar Black Caviar, Epaulette and Bel Sprinter in the star-studded 2013 edition of the race.

The Commands gelding is still chasing his first victory at Group 1 level, after finishing second in the 2012 and 2013 editions of the All Aged Stakes (1400m) as well as the 2013 BTC Cup (1200m), and was unable to progress to the highest level of racing during the 2013 Spring Racing Carnival.

Rain Affair started his spring campaign with a dominant five and a half lengths win over a small field in the Group 3 Missile Stakes (1200m) and was beaten as a short-priced favourite in the Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m) before finishing a disappointing sixth in the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1400m).

Trainer Joseph Pride is hopeful that Rain Affair can break his Group 1 drought in the autumn and told Racing Ahead that the six-year-olds entire preparation would lead up to a tilt at the richest sprinting event in the world.

While Rain Affair will be the headline act for Pride’s stable during the autumn, he is confident that he is taking a strong team into the carnival and believes he has a number of horses that are capable of competing at the top level.

“I am really excited and I think it is going to be a really good carnival for my stable,” Pride said on RSN.

“I have a couple of other younger exciting sprinter/milers with Terravista and That’s A Good Idea and I have an exciting three-year-old in Cushy Number.

“I am hoping that he will shape up to maybe be a Derby horse.

“There are some of the older horses there like Tiger Tees and Title as well as a nice four-year-old mare called Unimpeachable.

“I think that it is a good strong team to be heading into an autumn carnival with.”

Pride has previously won the 2006 Coolmore Classic (1500m) with Regal Cheer, the 2006 T.J. Smith Stakes with Reg Oog, the 2009 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) and Doncaster Mile (1600m) with Vision And Power but is chasing his first victory at Group 1 level during the Sydney Autumn Carnival since Sacred Choice’s win in the 2011 Doncaster Mile.

About The Author

Thomas is a passionate and opinionated racing journalist and punter who has been obsessed with horse racing since he backed Saintly to win the 1996 Melbourne Cup. An international racing enthusiast, he has his finger on the pulse of racing news not just from Australia but all around the world.

Very good blog! Do you have any hints for aspiring writers?
I’m hoping to start my own site soon but I’m a little lost on everything.
Would you advise starting with a free platform like WordPress or go
for a paid option? There are so many choices out there that I’m totally confused ..
Any recommendations? Thank you!

Hi there! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any issues with hackers?
My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing months of hard work due to no data backup.
Do you have any solutions to protect against hackers?

It is appropriate time to make some plans for the future and it’s time to be happy.
I have read this post and if I could I desire to suggest you few interesting
things or suggestions. Perhaps you can write next articles referring to this article.
I wish to read more things about it!

I’m impressed, I must say. Seldom do I come across a blog that’s
equally educative and entertaining, and let me tell you, you have hit
the nail on the head. The issue is something that not enough folks are speaking intelligently
about. Now i’m very happy that I came across this in my hunt for something concerning this.

Terrific article! That is the kind of info that should be shared around the internet.
Shame on the search engines for no longer positioning this put up higher!
Come on over and discuss with my web site . Thank you =)

I’ve been surfing online more than three hours nowadays, yet
I never found any attention-grabbing article like yours. It is beautiful price enough for me.
In my opinion, if all web owners and bloggers
made excellent content as you did, the web can be
much more useful than ever before.

What i do not realize is actually how you are now not actually much more neatly-favored than you might
be now. You are very intelligent. You already know therefore significantly on the subject of this matter,
made me personally believe it from a lot of various angles.
Its like women and men aren’t fascinated until it’s something to
do with Woman gaga! Your personal stuffs nice. Always maintain it up!

Thanks , I’ve recently been looking for information about
this subject for ages and yours is the greatest I’ve came upon so far.
However, what concerning the bottom line? Are you certain in regards to the supply?

Hi! Do you know if they make any plugins to assist with Search Engine
Optimization? I’m trying to get my blog to rank for some targeted keywords but I’m not seeing very good results.
If you know of any please share. Cheers!

About Horse Racing

Follow Us

More Race News

The nominations for 2017 Group 2 $200,000 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday are loaded with Group 1 winners which include Hartnell, Black Heart Bart, Humidor, Lankan Rupee and Inference.